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H. NIGHOLSBURG. APPARA'TUS POR WASHING GARRIAGES 0R OTHER VEHICLES. No'.601,003.

Patented Mar. 22, 1898.

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APPARATUS FOR- WASHING CARRIAGES R OTHER VEHICLE-s. f A

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent N 0. 601,003, dated March22, 1 898.

Application led une 2 3, 18 9 7.

T0 @ZZ whom t may concern:

B e it known that I, HENRY N IcHoLsBURG, a citizen of thel UnitedStates, residing at New York, in the county of New-York and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus forWashing Carriages or other Vehicles, of which the following-is a fulland complete specification,

. such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it-appertains tomake and. use the same.

This invention relates to apparatus for washing carriages, buggies, andother vehicles; and the object thereof is to provide an improvedapparatus fr this purpose which is simple in construction and operationand which is adapted for use in a carriage-house or similar place.- f

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specication of whichthe accompanying drawings form a part, in which- Figure l isan interiorperspective view of a vcarriage-house, showing a carriage therein andalso showing in perspective my improved apparatus and the method ofoperating the same ;Fig. 2, a bottom plan view of that part of myimproved apparatus which is connected with the ceiling of thecarriage-house; Fig. 3, a cross-section thereof on the line 3 3; Fig. 4,a top plan view of the device shown in Fig.

v2, and Fig. 5 a sectional side view of a modiied form thereof.

In the drawings forming part vof this specification the separate partsof my improvement are designated by the same vnumerals of reference ineach of the views, and in said drawings, reference being made to Fig.-1, I have shown the interior of acarriage-house in which is placed acarriage 7, and at one end or adjacent to one wall is placed a trough 8,above which is placed a Water-pipe 9,which is provided with afaucet10,which is adapted to discharge the water into the trough 8, and saidwater-pipe is carried upwardly to the ceiling, as shown atll, and whichis provided with a branch 12, which extends to about centrally of theceiling.4 I also provide a cylindrieal casing 13, which is provided witha closed top 14, in which are formed holes or openings 15, whereby saidcasing is adapted to be secured to the ceiling, and the cylin- SerialNo. 641,919. (No model.)

drical casing 13 is open at its inner side, as shown at 16, and thebranch 12 of the waterpipe passes through the upper portion of the saidcasing at one side thereof, and formed in said casing is a tubularchamber 17,-with which said branch pipe 12.communicates,andcommunicating centrally with said tubular I chamber is a depending tube18, which is provided near the lower end thereof with ports 6o orpassages 19, and mounted on the lower end of the tube 18 is a casing 20,which incloses the'ports or passages 19 and which is provided at loneside with a tube 21, and the casing 2O is provided on the upper sidethereof with a screw-threadedtubular extension 22,through which` thetube 18 passes and in which isv -placed a packing-ring 23, which is heldin place by a tubular sleeve 24, and mounted ou the tubular sleeve 24and around the tube 18 7o is a cap 25, the lower end of which is con'-nected with the tubular extension 22 of the casing 21 by means of ascrew-thread, this construction being adapted to serve as astuffing-box, as will be readily understood.

The casing' 2O is adapted to turn on the tube 18, and the cylindricalcasing 13 is provided at the lower edge with an outwardlydirected iiange26, in which is formed a groove 27, in which are placed ball-bearings,and 8o mounted on said iiange is a flat ring 2,8, which is provided witha downwardly-directed annular rim 29, and said ring 28 is provided atits under side with a groove which corresponds with the groove 27 and onthe upper 85 side thereof with a corresponding groove, and above saidring is placed an annular bearing 30, and between said bearing 30 andthe ring 28 are placed ball-bearings, as shown at 3-1, and the saidbearing-ring 30 is secured to the 9o annular iiange 26 by screws orbolts 32.

The ring 28 is free to turn between the bearing 30 and the iiange 26,and the ballbearings between said parts reduce the fric- -tion to aminimum, and said rim 29 is pro- 95 vided at one side with anoutwardly-directed shoulder 33, which is circular or convex in form, andconnected therewith by means of a screw or bolt 34 is a hanger 35,provided with -a slot 36, through which said screw or bolt roo passes,and the lower end of said hanger is provided with a cross-head 37, whichis bolted to another cross-head 3S, and these cross-heads serve asbearings to support the pipe 21,which is connected with the casing 20,which is mounted on the shaft 1S. This construction is best shown inFigs. 2, 3, and 4, and the casing 20 is held on the tube 1S by ascrew-threaded sleeve 39, which is provided with a cap or head 40, andin the operation of the apparatus the casing 20, the pipe 2l, connectedtherewith, and the ring 2S are all free to turn in either direction onthe fiange 2G of the casing 13.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a modification in which the ring 2S is somewhatdifferent in form from that shown in Fig. 3 and the ballbearings areomitted, the construction being otherwise the same,as hereinbeforedescribed.

Connected with the outer end of the pipe 2l is a flexible tube 4l, whichis provided with a diseharge-nozzle 42, and the operation will bereadily understood from the foregoing description when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings and the following statementthereof.

The pipe 2l and the casing 20, together with the ring 28 and the hanger35, may all be turned by means of the flexible tube 4l, and in practiceall that is necessary is to turn on the valve 43 and the water will flowthrough the water-pipe and through the branch pipe 1S into the casing 2Oand out through the noZ zle 42, and said nozzle may be manipulated asusual with this class of devices, the operation of the apparatus beingshown in Fig. l.

My improvement is simple in construction and operation and is perfectlyadapted to accomplish the result for which it is intended, and it willbe apparent that changes in and modifications of the construction hereindescribed may be made without departing from the spirit of my inventionor sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. In an apparatus for the purpose herein described acircular casing which is adapted to be secured to a ceiling or othersupport, said casing being provided at the lower edge thereof, with anannular outwardly-directed fiange, a revoluble ring mounted on saidflange, a pipe suspended about the center of said casing, a water-pipewhich passes into said casing and is in communication with saidsuspended pipe, a casing mounted on the lower end of said suspended pipeand in communication therewith, and adapted to turn thereon, and a pipeconnected with said casing and with a hanger suspended from saidrevoluble ring, substantially as shown and described.

2. In an apparatus for the purpose herein described a circular casingwhich is adapted to be secured to a ceiling or other support, saidcasing being provided at the lower edge thereof, with an annularoutwardly-directed flange, a revoluble ring mounted on said flange, apipe suspended from the center of said casing, a water-pipe which passesinto said casing and is in communication with said suspended pipe,acasing mounted on the lower end of said suspended pipe and incommunication therewitl1,and adapted to turn thereon, a pipe connectedwith said casing, and with a hanger suspended from said revoluble ring,said revoluble ring being held in position by a bearing-ring which isplaced thereon, and ball-bearings placed between said revoluble ring andsaid bearing, and the flange on which said revoluble ring is placed,substantially as shown and described.

3. In an apparatus for the purpose herein described a cylindrical casingas 13, which is adapted to be secured to a ceiling or other support,said casing being provided at its lower edge with an outwardly-directedannular flange, a pipe suspended from the center of said casing, awater-pipe which passes into said casing and which is in communicationwith said suspended pipe, a revoluble ring mounted on said annularfiange, a casing mounted on the lower end of said suspended pipe and incommunication therewith, a pipe in communication with said last-namedcasing, and passing through a support connected with said revolublering, and a flexible tube which is adapted to be connect-ed with saidlast-named pipe, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in pres ence of the subscribing witnesses, this 19th day of June,1897.

HENRY NICIIOLSBURG.

IVitnesses:

C. GERsT, A. C. VAN BLARcoM.

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